(b) (c) stimulate output, but are partly to be explained also by the coming into operation of new productive capacity and by the speeding up of inspection. The general index of deliveries of the Ministry of Supply (Table 1) includes a wide range of general service stores and equipment, of which some of the more important are uniforms, boots, and wheeled vehicles. This index shows a larger and more stable advance than that of the selected military items shown in the Table. Consumption and stocks. As regards raw materials, it will be seen that, apart from cotton (Table 4), stocks are now below the level of the outbreak of the war.